Back when I used to do such things, I discovered the brisket is corned
with lots of different herbs and spices--probably as many different
combination as there are people who corn their own. If you butcher a
steer, there's really nothing else you can do with the brisket except
corn it. Otherwise, it's as tough as shoe leather.

On Mar 17, 2007, at 11:56 AM, Kitty wrote:

You lucky duck! Send me a postcard.

Yes, boiled bacon or lamb stew would be more traditionally Irish. The
poor Irish imigrants in NY substituted corned beef for bacon because
it was cheaper. Also - I recently learned that pastrami is corned
beef cured with pepper.

Hey all- Happy St. Patty's to you all. I AM going to Ireland this
year!! I'm so excited, just holding my breath and waiting for April
27th to come- yeah! Oh, and I was watching the "Good Eats" on TV
last night and learned that corned beef is an American thing- it
didn't come from Ireland.

Theresa
Kitty wrote:

Happy St Patrick's day to all of you.

I hate travelling but Ireland is one place I would love to visit
someday, but not this year. Today we're having lunch for my sister,
Pat's birthday. Then tomorrow I'll have her over for a corned beef
dinner. Gotta get busy now and wrap presents.